Guanidinium cations pair with positively charged arginine side chains in water

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Guanidinium cations pair with positively charged arginine side chains in water. / Kubíčková, Anna; Křížek, Tomáš; Coufal, Pavel; Wernersson, Erik; Heyda, Jan; Jungwirth, Pavel.

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 2, No. 12, 16.06.2011, p. 1387-1389.

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Kubíčková, A, Křížek, T, Coufal, P, Wernersson, E, Heyda, J & Jungwirth, P 2011, 'Guanidinium cations pair with positively charged arginine side chains in water', Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 2, no. 12, pp. 1387-1389. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz2005495

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Kubíčková, A., Křížek, T., Coufal, P., Wernersson, E., Heyda, J., & Jungwirth, P. (2011). Guanidinium cations pair with positively charged arginine side chains in water. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2(12), 1387-1389. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz2005495

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Kubíčková A, Křížek T, Coufal P, Wernersson E, Heyda J, Jungwirth P. Guanidinium cations pair with positively charged arginine side chains in water. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2011 Jun 16;2(12):1387-1389. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz2005495

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Kubíčková, Anna ; Křížek, Tomáš ; Coufal, Pavel ; Wernersson, Erik ; Heyda, Jan ; Jungwirth, Pavel. / Guanidinium cations pair with positively charged arginine side chains in water. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2011 ; Vol. 2, No. 12. pp. 1387-1389.

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